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Letters PatentNo. 65,592, dated June 11, 1867.

FENCE.

TO ALL PERSONS 'lO'ZW-HOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be itV known that I, CALVIN H. PANl-, of the city and countyot`.Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful or improved Fence; and I do hereby declare the sanne to be fully described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation.

'Figure 2, a horizontal section; and

Figure 3, a transverse section of it..

The main body of each section of this fence, or those portions of it enclosed between its horizontal rails and vertical posts, is made on the principle of the well-known lazy-tongs, that is, of' tno series of bars jointed together at their crossings by a pin or bolt, c, going throixgh the two bars at each crossing. The barsof one series are arranged parallel to each other, and so as to cross those of the other ohliquely, they being also parallel, sach being as represented, the whole being so that the connected series of bars may be contracted closely together or extended. The lazytongs body or section so made is to be placed or stretched between two vertical posts B B and into grooves d al made in their next adjacent sides, and it is also to rest in grooves e formed in a rail, C, extending from one post to the other at or near their lower parts or the ground. A cap rail, D, fastened to the heads of the posts, is grooved along its under side, as shown at f, so as to receive the upper part of the lazytongs body. TheAframe, composed of the posts and rails, groovcd as'described, serves, while encompassing the' lazy-tongs body, to prevent it from being either contracted' oi expanded. When taken ont of the tir-ame such body can readily be-contracted lengthwise into less compass for being packed away or transported, as circumstances may require. The above makes an excellent'fence'for many purposes.

I am aware' that it is not new to arrange two series of slats obliquely on one another, and fasten them together and firmly to posts and rails, in which case there is-no jointing of the bars, so as to enable them to be worked or contracted and expanded on the principle of the lazy-tongs. I do not claim such a mode of making a fence, buti i I claim the fence as made with the lazy-tongs, or folding section or body, arranged andcombined either with gnooved posts, or 4the same and rails, substantially as specified. i

' CALVIN H. PAINE.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, SAMUEL N. Pirna. 

